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Lessons From Successful Government IT Projects
July 11, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. After the shaky rollout of the Obamacare website, the collapse of some state healthcare exchanges, chronic problems with data management at the Veterans Administration, allegedly lost e-mails at the IRS and the Air Force’s $1 billion expenditure in a failed [Read More...] -
The Jury Is Still Out On Better Buying Power
May 1, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Yesterday, in an article on the Defense One blog, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), Frank Kendall, took a small, really premature, victory lap for his signature program, Better Buying Power. BBP is a set of [Read More...] -
Memo To The Honorable Frank Kendall: BBP Is A Bust
January 9, 2014- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Frank Kendall, has earned a somewhat fearsome reputation in the halls of the Pentagon as a consequence of his demands for information. The phrase “In God we trust; all others [Read More...] -
Healthcare.Gov Was A “Death March” Project From The Beginning
October 23, 2013- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. In the IT business there is a phrase for a project that starts late, is underfunded, is poorly defined, experienced requirements changes throughout the development period and then didn’t receive sufficient testing before it is rolled out. The phrase is [Read More...] -
After Commoditization: A Possible Bleak Future Of Government IT
September 13, 2013- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Everyone agrees we are living in the age of information. The pace of change in the IT space continues to increase. The length of time of an IT company’s strategic plan doesn’t exceed 12 months. The migration to the cloud [Read More...] -
Too Much Competition Can Reduce Incentives For Innovation
April 22, 2013- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Governments, like individuals, can suffer from the effects of too much of a good thing. This is the case when it comes to the degree and intensity of competition for Pentagon contracts. The current leadership of the Department of Defense [Read More...] -
New LAS Protest Is Another Example Of Acquisition Dysfunction
March 11, 2013- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Even when it does everything right, the U.S. Air Force cannot seem to catch a break. All it was trying to do was acquire a handful of cheap, simple, reliable and capable light attack/support airplanes (LAS) for the Afghan Air [Read More...] -
Better Buying Power 2.0 Might Actually Improve DoD’s Acquisition System
November 15, 2012- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. Trying to guide, direct or reform the Pentagon’s acquisition system would make steering the Titanic appear easy. There have been many attempts in the past and hundreds of studies, blue ribbon panels and commissions that have recommended ways of improving [Read More...] -
NGEN Proposal Is Poster Child For What’s Wrong With DoD’s Acquisition Reform Strategy
June 13, 2012- Daniel Gouré, Ph.D. In May, the U.S. Navy released a massive, 1,100 page request for proposals (RFP) for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) IT program. NGEN will provide secure data and information technology services, such as data storage, email, and video-teleconferencing for [Read More...]
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